The Non-Take-Up of Health and Social Benefits: What Implications for Social Citizenship?

Lucas, Barbara; Bonvin, Jean‐Michel; Hümbelin, Oliver

doi:10.2478/sjs-2021-0013

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“…Data-visualizations demonstrate the general patterns. Related numbers and further analysis showing population shares and poverty rates by urbanity for all variables can be found in Hümbelin et al (2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…At the same time, Causa and Hermansen (2020) found that the redistributive effect declined on average from 1995 to 2014 and across most of the OECD-countries. As suggested by the growing literature on non-take-up of social benefits, this tightening of welfare tools also negatively impacted the poor’s access to social benefits ( Eurofound, 2015 ; Hernanz et al, 2004 ; Lucas et al, 2021 ).…”

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Rich cities, poor countryside? Social structure of the poor and poverty risks in urban and rural places in an affluent country

2022

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This paper contributes to the field of regional poverty literature by using linked tax data to examine poverty in a large district in Switzerland with one million inhabitants and rural and urban parts. We measure poverty using income and asset-based approaches. Our regional comparison of the social structure of the poor shows that poor people in rural areas are more likely to be of retirement age. Among the workforce, the share of poor is larger for those who work in agriculture compared to those working in industry or the service sector. In urban areas, the poor are more often freelancers and people of foreign origin. Despite where they live, people with little education, single parents, and people working in gastronomy/tourism are disproportionately often poor. We then use a random forest based variable importance assessment to clarify whether the importance of poverty risks factors differs in urban and rural locations. It shows little regional differences among the major poverty risk factors, and it demonstrates that the opportunity structure, like density of workplaces or aggravated access in mountain areas, seem to be of minor importance compared to risk factors that relate to the immediate social situation.

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2022

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“…In general, non-take-up can be explained on different analytical levels: macro-level (social norms and welfare design); meso-level (organisations, including public administrations) and micro-level (personal or client level) (Lucas et al, 2021). van-Oorschot suggested two meso-level levels (administration and program) and a micro-level (personal/client).…”

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Intersectionality, agency and take‐up of benefits among families living in poverty

Weiss-Dagan

2023

Soc Policy Adm

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Non‐take‐up of benefits is a common problem in welfare states. Knowledge gaps are a fundamental factor in such non‐take‐up. Through a critical social structure and agency lens, the objective of the current study was to examine the contribution of different individual and social variables to the access of knowledge on rights among families living in poverty. Specifically, we focused on the intersection of nationality (Arab‐Israeli versus Jewish‐Israeli) and family structure (single‐parent versus two‐parent). The findings relied on a secondary analysis of an administrative database of a program for families living in poverty. The sample consisted of 1512 families, of whom 839 were Jewish‐Israeli and 673 were Arab‐Israeli. Our findings showed that nationality and family structure intersected and correlated with families' access to knowledge on rights. Jewish two‐parent families had the most economic privileges, but Jewish single‐parent families had the highest access to knowledge on rights. Arab single‐parent families had the worst economic, personal agency and social support conditions and the lowest access to knowledge on rights. The conclusion of this study is that looking at the non‐take‐up of benefits through an intersectional lens can help us understand more clearly the social structure barriers preventing take‐up. Social policy implications are discussed.

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“…Migrants tend to be overrepresented in these statistics, though usage varies a lot by origin country, which is why migrants are often a group receiving special attention (Breidahl et al, 2021). Moreover, some studies tend to suggest that welfare usage is strongly related to migrants' integration prospects, as non-take-up of social assistance or unemployment benefits (i.e., a significant number of people who are eligible for these welfare benefits do not use them) can contribute to the poverty spiral of certain migrant groups (Lucas et al, 2021). Economists also speak of moral hazard problems, which are typical for welfare states and have specific implications for migrants' integration chances.…”

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“…However, when looking only at households that are eligible for welfare benefits, the pattern changes: in certain countries such as the UK, Australia, Spain, and most notably in Cyprus, migrants display significantly lower welfare dependency than natives (Giulietti, 2014;Jakubiak, 2020). The literature therefore also speaks of non-take-up of welfare benefits (Bruckmeier & Wiemers, 2017;Dewanckel et al, 2021;Lucas et al, 2021).…”

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Migrants and social policy: shifting research agendas

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Hedegaard²,

Seibel³

2022

Social Policy in Changing European Societies

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The Non-Take-Up of Health and Social Benefits: What Implications for Social Citizenship?

Cited by 21 publications

References 46 publications

Rich cities, poor countryside? Social structure of the poor and poverty risks in urban and rural places in an affluent country

Rich cities, poor countryside? Social structure of the poor and poverty risks in urban and rural places in an affluent country

Intersectionality, agency and take‐up of benefits among families living in poverty

Migrants and social policy: shifting research agendas

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